 | Mark Noble - Great Britain - 1806 - 424 pages
...reckoning, I hit upon a stratagem to get off f scot free. On seeing her daughter ill, I pre" tended I had a spell to cure her ; I wrote the " classic line you see, so that if any one is punish" able it is me, not the poor woman the priso" ner." She was acquitted... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 494 pages
...money to pay our reckoning. I hit upon a stratagem to get off scot free. On seeing her daughter ill, I pretended I had a spell to cure her. I wrote the classick line you see ; so that if any one is punishable it is I, not the poor woman the prisoner.'7... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...money to pay our reckoning. I hit upon a stratagem to get off scot free. On seeing her daughter ill, I pretended I had a spell to cure her. I wrote the classick line you see ; so that if any one is punishable it is I, not the poor woman the prisoner.... | |
 | Decoration and ornament - 1823 - 328 pages
...our reckoning, so I hit upon a stratagem to satisfy our hostess. I observed her daughter was ill, and pretended I had a spell to cure her; I wrote the classic line you see : so that if any one is punishable it is I, not the poor woman, now a prisoner." She was acquitted... | |
 | United States - 1822 - 590 pages
...money to pay our reckoning ; I hit upon a stratagem to get off scot-free. On seeing her daughter ill, I pretended I had a spell to cure her; I wrote the classic line you see ; so that if any one is punishable, it is me, not the poor woman, the prisoner." She was acquitted... | |
 | Decorative arts - 1823 - 466 pages
...our reckoning, so I hit upon a stratagem to satisfy our hostess. I observed her daughter was ill, and pretended I had a spell to cure her; I wrote the classic line you see : so that if any one is punishable it is I, not the poor woman, now a prisoner." She was acquitted... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...myself, went to this woman's dwella public house, and after enjoying ourselves found we had no means to discharge the reckoning. I had recourse to a stratagem. Observing a child ill of an ague, I pretended 1 had a spell to cure her. I wrote the classic line you see on a scrap of parchment, and was discharged... | |
 | 1826 - 492 pages
...money to pay our reckoning, 1 hit upon a stratagem to get off scot free. On seei:Sg her daughter ill, I pretended I had a spell to cure her; I wrote the classic line you see, so that if any one is punishable it is me, not the poor woman the prisoner," She was acquitted by the... | |
 | 1843 - 572 pages
...ourselves, found we had no means to discharge the reckoning. I had recourse to stratagem. Ohserving a child ill of an ague, I pretended I had a spell...parchment, and was discharged of the demand on me hy the gratitude of the poor woman hefore us, for the supposed henefit ; nature douhtless did much... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...money to pay our reckoning ; I hit upon a stratagem to №' off scot free. On seeing her daughter ill, I pretended I had a spell to cure her ; I wrote the classic line you see ; so that if any one is punishable it U me, not the poor woman the prisoner." She was acquitted by... | |
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Gentlemen, when I was young and thoughtless, and out of money, I and some companions, as unthinking as myself, went to this woman's house, then a public one, and having no money to pay our reckoning I hit upon a stratagem to get off scot-free. 
